Pacifica Graduate Institute | Public Programs & Conferences

Psychotherapy as Spiritual Practice: A Six-Month Intensive for Therapists
The workshop with Lionel Corbett was postponed.

Archetypal Astrology: Healing Language for the 21st Century
The workshop with Laurence Hillman was held October 24-25

Writing as a Ritual of Remembrance: A Writer's Retreat at Eranos
The tour was held August 25-29 2008 in Ascona, Switzerland

Psyche in the World: A Symposium on Engaged Depth Psychology
The tour was held August 23-24 2008 in Ascona, Switzerland

Pacifica at Eranos: The Legacy Tour
The tour was held August 13-27 2008 in Zürich, Ascona, and Eranos, Switzerland

Introduction to DreamTending
The workshop with Stephen Aizenstat was held July 11-13

A Poetry Reading and Workshop with Robert Bly
The workshop was held June 20-21

Psychotherapy as Spiritual Practice: A Seminar for Therapists
A Week-long Intensive with Lionel Corbett was held June 9-13

The Myth in Politics, the Politics in Myth
Annual Spring Conference with Larry Allums, Tess Castleman, Ginette Paris, Glen Slater, Dennis Patrick Slattery, Frederick Turner
Co-sponsored with The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture was held May 2-4

Nature and Human Nature: The Mythology of Violence
Co-sponsored with The Foundation for Mythological Studies and Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture was held April 4-6

Psyche and the Sacred: A Depth Psychological Approach
A Week-long Intensive with Lionel Corbett was held April 7-11 in Santa Barbara, California

Pagan Psychology: A Therapy for Psychotherapy
A Seminar with James Hillman was held in Santa Barbara, California
Co-sponsored with Opus Archives and Research Center

Dreams
This Workshop with Marion Woodman & Stephen Aizenstat was held February 8-10 in Santa Barbara, California

Embodied Intelligence in Dreaming, Memory, and Creative Imagination
This Workshop with Robert Bosnak was held January 18-20 in Santa Barbara, California

The Art of Writing: A Symposium
This Workshop with Nancy Cater, John Cleese, Nancy Galindo, Dara Marks,
Elizabeth Nelson, Nils Peterson, Jennifer Leigh Selig, Dennis Patrick Slattery,
and Richard Tarnas, was held November 16-18 in Santa Barbara, California

Churning the Milky Ocean: Making Mythic Sense of Crises in Nature and Culture
This Workshop with Michael Meade was held September 6-9 in Santa Barbara, California

The Art, Practice, and Philosophy of Psychotherapy
This Seminar with James Hillman was held June 29-July 1 in Santa Barbara, California

Psyche and the Sacred:
A Depth Psychological Approach
This Five-Day Advanced Seminar with Lionel Corbett and Guest Presenters was held June 25-29 in Santa Barbara, California

Imagination and Medicine:
The Future of Healing in an Age of Neuroscience
This annual Spring Conference with Stephen Aizenstat, Robert Bosnak, Judith Harris, Michael Ortiz Hill, Michael Kearney, Richard Kradin, Anthony Lawlor, Jeanne Martin, Kimberley Patton, Ernest Rossi, Esther Sternberg, Bessel van der Kolk, and Tor Wager was held April 27-29 in Santa Barbara, California

Nature and Human Nature:
Changing Perspectives
This co-sponsored conference with the Foundation for Mythological Studies and Spring Journal
was held March 16-18 in Santa Barbara, California
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Virgin and Puer:
Confronting the Feminine Together
A Lecture with Marion Woodman
This lecture was held February 9, in Santa Barbara, California

Virgin and Puer on Their Way to the Inner Marriage
A Workshop with Marion Woodman
This workshop was held February 10, in Santa Barbara, California

Calling the Ancestors
The Healing Power of Ritual
A Weekend Workshop with Malidoma Somé
Santa Barbara, California
This workshop was held January 12-14, in Santa Barbara, California

Psyche and the Sacred:
A Depth Psychological Approach
Six-Month Intensive
Lionel Corbett and Guest Presenters
Santa Barbara, California

Cosmos and Psyche:
Intimations of a New World View
A workshop with Richard Tarnas
Pacifica Graduate Institute at Ladera Lane
This workshop was held October 13-15, in Santa Barbara, California

Introduction to DreamTending
DreamTending: A Dream-Centered Life
A workshop with Stephen Aizenstat
Pacifica Graduate Institute at Ladera Lane
This workshop was held July 21-23, in Santa Barbara, California

Harvesting the Dream, Seeding the Future
30th Anniversary Community Gathering
A celebration for Pacifica Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff
This celebration was held June 16-18, 2006 in Santa Barbara, California

Seeing Red:
The Deep Psychology of Human Violence
A lecture with Aaron Kipnis
This lecture was held May 5, 2006 in Santa Barbara, California

The Midas Complex:
An Interactive Workshop on Money, Meaning and Soul
A workshop with Aaron Kipnis
This workshop was held May 6, 2006 in Santa Barbara, California

Jung, Cosmology, and the Transformation of the Modern Self
A workshop with Richard Tarnas
This workshop was held April 8-9, 2006 in Santa Barbara, California

Leaping Between the Horns:
Modern Dilemmas, Mythic Sense, and Ancient Imagination
A workshop with Michael Meade was held March 17-19, 2006

Blossoms Bloom in the Fire:
A Tribute to Marion Woodman
Annual conference with Stephen Aizenstat, Joan Chodorow, Hendrika de Vries,
Robert Johnson, Ernest Rossi, Marion Woodman, and Ross Woodman
This conference was held February 17-19, 2006 in Santa Barbara, California

Beyond Traditional Religion:
Spirituality, Depth Psychology, and Nonduality
A workshop with Lionel Corbett
This workshop was held November 12-13, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

Introduction to DreamTending:
Seeds of African Wisdom
A workshop with Stephen Aizenstat
This workshop was held September 2-4, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

The Hero's Journey
Poetic Imageries of Tai Ji Metaphors
Chungliang Al Huang
This workshop was held June 17-18, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

The Re-Enchantment of the World
Huston Smith
This lecture was held May 20, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

The Universal Truths of the Wisdom Traditions "
Huston Smith
This workshop was held May 21, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

The Roots of Imagination
Creating a Mythological Education
James Hillman, Michael Meade, Maren Hansen, Robert Walter, Gerald McDermott, Dennis Patrick Slattery, Cindy Carter, James Brady, Hendrika deVries, Selden Edwards, and BOXTALES Theatre Company
This Spring Conference was held April 8-10, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

In Defense of Jung
Soul Psychology for the 21st Century
James Hillman
This seminar was held March 18-19, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

"Our Self Behind Ourself Concealed"
Separating Soul from Ego
Marion Woodman
This lecture was held February 25, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

Exploring Who "I Am"
Marion Woodman
This workshop was held February 26, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

Embodied Dream Imagery
An Intensive Training Workshop
Robert Bosnak
This workshop was held January 28–30, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California

"When History Wakes"
Cultural and Ecological Memory
Susan Griffin, Robin Kelley, David Bona, Aaron Kipnis, Helene Lorenz,
Mary Watkins, and Pacifica Depth Program Students & Alumni
This conference was held October 15–17, 2004 in Santa Barbara, Caifornia

Introduction to DreamTending
Stephen Aizenstat
This workshop was held in August 13–15, 2004 in Santa Barbara, California

Turning Points
Transformative Experiences in Depth Psychotherapy
Pacifica Faculty & Guest Presenters
This conference was held July 23–25, 2004 in Santa Barbara California

Crossing to Avalon:
From Goddess Archetypes to the Sacred Feminine
Jean Shinoda Bolen
This conference was held May 21–23, 2004 in Santa Barbara California

The Legacy of Joseph Campbell:
Myth, Metaphor, and the Creation of Meaning
Faculty & Guest Presenters
This conference and special reception was held April 16–18, 2004 in Santa Barbara California

James Hillman On Paranoia:
The Religion, Politics, and Psychology of Personal and Collective Masness
This conference was held March 19–20, 2004 in Santa Barbara California

Labyrinths of Soul:
Where Spirit and Nature Meet
Michael Meade
This conference was held December 5–7, 2003 in Santa Barbara California